1) Joann's flannel. I have made 36" receiving blankets for flannel at joann and yes it has fadded but the blankets are 5-6 yrs old, have had hundreds oif washings and gone the 4 GGK and are now being used as doll blankets.
2) have gotten fabric from Connecting thread and found that it was fairly thin and not really good quality. I will not buy from them again on-.line. Too much trouble to return.